Activists to Emanuel: Stay Away from Kotel

Rightwing activists Itamar Ben-Gvir and Baruch Marzel have a suggestion to U.S. President Barack Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel: Don't come to the Kotel when you celebrate your son's Bar Mitzvah. If he does celebrate the event at the holy site, the two promised that they would "help" Emanuel commemorate the day in a "unique" manner. The two expressed their concerns in a letter they sent Emanuel on the subject.

Ben-Gvir and Marzel wrote in the letter that "throughout the past year you have been whispering in Obama's ear that he should pressure Israel, working like a fifth column in the White House against the Jewish people and the state of Israel. Recently you even told our consul in Los Angeles that Americans were 'disgusted with Israelis.' Unlike Israeli leaders, we will not brownnose and try to find favor in your eyes. We promise to welcome you in a manner you deserve – not with flowers and candy, but with our disgust for what you represent," the letter said.